Report: Liverpool could consider cashing in on ‘valuable market asset’ as European giants circle

Liverpool are weighing up whether to part with their longest-serving current player, Joe Gomez, this summer as Europe’s heavyweights monitor the 28-year-old’s situation, sources have told the Daily Briefing.

Gomez, who joined the Reds more than a decade ago, has entered the final 18 months of his contract and is no longer viewed as “indispensable” inside Anseyside corridors of power. Instead, club officials increasingly regard the versatile defender as “a valuable market asset” whose sale could generate a significant fee before his deal winds down.

AC Milan, who made a late-window approach in August, are considered frontrunners for Gomez’s signature, while Bayern Munich have also registered firm interest. Domestically, West Ham United and Brighton—both of whom explored moves on deadline day—remain potential landing spots should the Londoner prefer to stay in the Premier League.

Game-time has grown for the England international during a bruising winter for Liverpool’s back line. Although minor knocks, including a painful blow suffered in the loss at Bournemouth, have interrupted his rhythm, he has still featured 10 times in the league under head coach Arne Slot and turned in an eye-catching, almost “faultless” display in the 3-0 Europa League victory over Marseille last month.

Nevertheless, with Gomez turning 29 in May and no assurance of a starting role once injured teammates return, Liverpool hierarchy view the upcoming window as the last realistic chance to command top-dollar value for a player who has collected two Premier League winner’s medals during his Anfield tenure.

Privately, the club acknowledge that Gomez has “more than earned the right” to decide his future, yet a confluence of factors—contract length, age profile, and urgent squad-planning considerations—could push all parties toward a parting of ways. Any exit would hinge, however, on incoming defensive reinforcements; with numbers currently threadbare, Liverpool can ill-afford another departure without suitable replacements.

For now, speculation will intensify as Milan and Bayern keep close tabs, leaving the Reds to balance sentiment against the stark realities of modern transfer economics.